2004 Ranking Diocese Catholics Diocesan Seminarians 2004 Ratio (Catholics / Seminarians) 2003 Ranking 1 Lincoln, NE 89431 35 2555 2 2 Yakima, WA 68561 20 3428 5 3 Savannah, GA 75987 22 3454 13 4 Cheyenne, WY 50979 14 3641 3 5 Rapid City, SD 29940 8 3743 1 6 Wichita, KS 116913 31 3771 7 7 Tulsa, OK 56094 13 4315 4 8 Alexandria, LA 48050 11 4368 8 9 Pensacola- 62289 14 4449 14 Tallahassee, FL 10 Steubenville, OH 40411 9 4490 12 11 Spokane, WA 86721 19 4564 6 12 Bismarck, ND 64245 14 4589 24 13 Marquette, MI 68360 14 4883 20 14 Denver, CO 380739 77 4945 15 15 Sioux Falls, SD 125332 25 5013 18 16 Duluth, MN 70950 14 5068 16 17 Wheeling- 100648 19 5297 21 Charleston, WV 18 Juneau, AK 5366 1 5366 175 19 Peoria, IL 195553 35 5587 19 20 Jefferson City, 86457 15 5764 30 MO 21 Gaylord, MI 76060 13 5851 47 22 Fairbanks, AK 17833 3 5944 55 23 Helena, MT 49527 8 6191 58 24 Lexington, KY 45153 7 6450 54 25 Des Moines, IA 97628 15 6509 31 26 Mobile, AL 65588 10 6559 38 27 Charlotte, NC 138583 21 6599 23 28 Salina, KS 46737 7 6677 59 29 Boise, ID 145900 21 6948 56 30 Omaha, NE 229952 33 6968 33 31 Tyler, TX 55934 8 6992 10 32 Fargo, ND 84190 12 7016 11 33 Oklahoma City, 112951 16 7059 27 OK 34 Little Rock, AR 106051 15 7070 26 35 Memphis, TN 63820 9 7091 86 36 Nashville, TN 71188 10 7119 46 37 Knoxville, TN 50478 7 7211 22 38 Biloxi, MS 72158 10 7216 52
39 Crookston, MN 36263 5 7253 91 40 Charleston, SC 152413 21 7258 29 41 Chicago, IL 2442000 336 7268 28 42 Lubbock, TX 80742 11 7340 9 43 Atlanta, GA 371139 48 7732 34 44 La Crosse, WI 215573 27 7984 37 45 Evansville, IN 89015 11 8092 39 46 Birmingham, AL 74777 9 8309 32 47 Altoona- 108202 13 8323 79 Johnstown, PA 48 Amarillo, TX 43651 5 8730 40 49 Covington, KY 88154 10 8815 97 50 Lafayette, IN 98003 11 8909 49 51 Great Falls- 53824 6 8971 72 Billings, MT 52 Springfield-Cape 63162 7 9023 50 Girardeau, MO 53 Erie, PA 225607 25 9024 60 54 Kansas City, KS 191203 21 9105 44 55 Baker, OR 36420 4 9105 57 56 Rockford, IL 420883 45 9353 51 57 Davenport, IA 103037 11 9367 36 58 Lake Charles, LA 77934 8 9742 61 59 Kalamazoo, MI 117088 12 9757 68 60 St. Cloud, MN 147748 15 9850 87 61 Beaumont, TX 89403 9 9934 43 62 Lafayette, LA 322349 32 10073 65 63 Washington, DC 567266 56 10130 71 64 St. Paul and 730989 70 10443 81 Minneapolis, MN 65 Sioux City, IA 94186 9 10465 35 66 Columbus, OH 240682 21 11461 75 67 Belleville, IL 103818 9 11535 66 68 Fort Wayne - 162043 14 11575 62 South Bend, IN 69 New Ulm, MN 69503 6 11584 45 70 Winona, MN 130527 11 11866 76 71 Superior, WI 83622 7 11946 78 72 Santa Fe, NM 254110 21 12100 101 73 Gallup, NM 48488 4 12122 116 74 St. Augustine, FL 160479 13 12345 41 75 Springfield, IL 161325 13 12410 93 76 Allentown, PA 273599 22 12436 80 77 Cincinnati, OH 512146 41 12491 67 78 Indianapolis, IN 230938 18 12830 63
79 Raleigh, NC 180909 14 12922 77 80 Newark, NJ 1319558 102 12937 73 81 Owensboro, KY 51847 4 12962 17 82 Austin, TX 401842 31 12963 85 83 Jackson, MS 51992 4 12998 42 84 Reno, NV 91973 7 13139 69 85 Baton Rouge, LA 210464 16 13154 113 86 Wilmington, DE 220000 16 13750 96 87 San Angelo, TX 82734 6 13789 99 88 Toledo, OH 298069 21 14194 123 89 Grand Island, NE 57460 4 14365 90 90 Kansas City-St. 144483 10 14448 92 Joseph, MO 91 Harrisburg, PA 247194 17 14541 74 92 Anchorage, AK 29693 2 14847 25 93 St. Louis, MO 550000 37 14865 64 94 Salt Lake City, 150000 10 15000 48 UT 95 Lansing, MI 227305 15 15154 84 96 Scranton, PA 348542 23 15154 98 97 Bridgeport, CT 410304 27 15196 70 98 Victoria, TX 106441 7 15206 103 99 Camden, NJ 442389 29 15255 102 100 Cleveland, OH 812675 53 15333 114 101 Miami, FL 856783 53 16166 94 102 Portland, OR 389345 24 16223 108 103 Palm Beach, FL 259729 16 16233 82 104 Burlington, VT 149154 9 16573 100 105 Venice, FL 217585 13 16737 117 106 Gary, IN 185700 11 16882 119 107 Arlington, VA 391001 23 17000 111 108 Colorado Springs, 136814 8 17102 156 CO 109 Syracuse, NY 345736 20 17287 115 110 Monterey, CA 193598 11 17600 144 111 Seattle, WA 550450 31 17756 120 112 Orlando, FL 361085 20 18054 122 113 Grand Rapids, MI 162670 9 18074 89 114 Pueblo, CO 110200 6 18367 118 115 Baltimore, MD 506587 27 18762 88 116 St. Petersburg, 398702 21 18986 112 FL 117 Dubuque, IA 211847 11 19259 110 118 Richmond, VA 212189 11 19290 125 119 Youngstown, OH 235541 12 19628 107
120 Shreveport, LA 39436 2 19718 176 121 Sacramento, CA 520301 26 20012 104 122 New Orleans, LA 488004 23 21218 124 123 Ogdensburg, NY 128326 6 21388 106 124 Stockton, CA 194945 9 21661 131 125 Providence, RI 679275 31 21912 134 126 Saginaw, MI 131937 6 21990 150 127 Las Cruces, NM 132646 6 22108 128 128 Galveston- 1041123 46 22633 133 Houston, TX 129 Fall River, MA 346054 15 23070 132 130 San Jose, CA 630000 27 23333 139 131 San Francisco, 422500 18 23472 95 CA 132 Portland, ME 217676 9 24186 126 133 Fresno, CA 581000 23 25261 109 134 Buffalo, NY 707981 28 25285 135 135 Green Bay, WI 358211 14 25587 147 136 Joliet, IL 625189 24 26050 141 137 Phoenix, AZ 556692 21 26509 145 138 Oakland, CA 450934 17 26526 130 139 Fort Worth, TX 400500 15 26700 140 140 Tucson, AZ 350000 13 26923 127 141 Trenton, NJ 740357 27 27421 142 142 Philadelphia, PA 1486058 52 28578 138 143 Pittsburgh, PA 815719 28 29133 146 144 Manchester, NH 327353 11 29759 121 145 Springfield, MA 240730 8 30091 136 146 Worcester, MA 369096 12 30758 153 147 Houma- 126000 4 31500 105 Thibodaux, LA 148 Laredo, TX 222250 7 31750 83 149 Corpus Christi, 384308 12 32026 137 TX 150 Louisville, KY 196888 6 32815 143 151 Milwaukee, WI 731516 22 33251 148 152 Brownsville, TX 888004 24 37000 149 153 Norwich, CT 228520 6 38087 129 154 Orange, CA 1170480 29 40361 151 155 San Antonio, TX 667667 16 41729 157 156 Detroit, MI 1481866 35 42339 155 157 Metuchen, NJ 556682 13 42822 160 158 Albany, NY 400000 9 44444 154 159 Madison, WI 269556 6 44926 159 160 Greensburg, PA 181167 4 45292 152
161 Boston, MA 2077487 42 49464 158 162 New York, NY 2521087 48 52523 165 163 Los Angeles, CA 4174304 77 54212 162 164 Dodge City, KS 55053 1 55053 53 165 Rochester, NY 341500 6 56917 167 166 Brooklyn, NY 1826592 31 58922 161 167 Dallas, TX 930352 15 62023 169 168 San Bernardino, 1074196 16 67137 171 CA 169 Paterson, NJ 420172 6 70029 168 170 Las Vegas, NV 515953 7 73708 163 171 Santa Rosa, CA 154060 2 77030 173 172 Hartford, CT 694220 9 77136 172 173 Rockville Centre, 1490579 19 78452 164 NY 174 El Paso, TX 656035 8 82004 170 175 San Diego, CA 930379 11 84580 166 176 Honolulu, HI 234588 1 234588 174 The numbers of Catholics and diocesan seminarians are taken from the 2004 edition of The Official Catholic Directory (New Providence, NJ: P. J. Kenedy & Sons), with the following exceptions: According to the 2004 Directory, the Archdiocese of Denver has 36 diocesan seminarians and 41 religious seminarians (compared to 78 diocesan seminarians in 2003). Vocation director Father Jeffery Wilborn says that the 2004 statistics are inaccurate: the Neocatechumenal Way seminarians, who are archdiocesan seminarians and will be ordained for the archdiocese, were likely misclassified as religious seminarians by the archdiocesan officials who reported the data to the Directory. The 2004 Directory does not list complete diocesan seminarian data for the Dioceses of Des Moines, Juneau, Lake Charles, and Santa Rosa. Officials of these dioceses supplied the data that appears in this table. The 2003 rankings are based upon statistics published in the 2003 edition of the Directory, with the exception of the Dioceses of Juneau, Lake Charles, and Spokane, for which the Directory printed incomplete or apparently contradictory seminarian data. Diocesan officials supplied the numbers of seminarians for these dioceses. Such errors may be the fault of the diocesan officials who submitted data to the Directory, and not the fault of the Directory's publisher.